Gang members in 'savage' jail attack

THREE prison officers were admitted to hospital yesterday after a violent disturbance involving members of one of Limerick's feuding gangs.

A female officer at the midland's prison escaped serious injury but one of two badly assaulted male colleagues suffered a suspected broken nose. Prison sources described the assaults as "savage".

The officers were admitted to Portlaoise General Hospital after being kicked, punched and head-butted. The attack was one of two serious incidents in prisons yesterday.